How much revenue did Welcome to the Game make?

$148k–$398k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Welcome to the Game sell?

Q: How many copies did Welcome to the Game sell?

108k to 175k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 108k–175k; $148k–$398k after Steam's cut $269k–$612k before the cut; from 3k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Welcome to the Game out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Welcome to the Game's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 50k–130k

best case 987k (Pony Island)

Games like Welcome to the Game

The middle of these games

≈ 50k–130k copies

≈ $177k–$463k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Pony Island at ≈ 752k–1.2M copies, ≈ $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 348 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 316 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Hacking (7 of 8) and Horror (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Hacking, priced around $7. The breakout hits carry Puzzle + Singleplayer + Indie; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2021, and none of them shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Pony Island 2016	Est. copies ≈ 752k–1.2M 7.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before the cut	$4.99	18k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleIndie
Replica 2016	Est. copies ≈ 147k–238k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $121k–$324k after Steam's cut $219k–$499k before the cut	$2.99	4k reviews Very Positive	IndiePixel Graphics
Welcome to the Game II 2018	Est. copies ≈ 107k–174k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $294k–$791k after Steam's cut $535k–$1.2M before the cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	HorrorHacking
SIMULACRA 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 42k–68k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $92k–$247k after Steam's cut $167k–$380k before the cut	$7.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Horror Immersive Sim
The Black Watchmen 2015	Est. copies ≈ 36k–59k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $100k–$269k after Steam's cut $182k–$413k before the cut	$9.99	745 reviews Very Positive	IlluminatiPuzzle
Observer: System Redux 2020	Est. copies ≈ 74k–121k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $613k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before the cut	$29.99	3k reviews Very Positive	HorrorInvestigation
Cyber Manhunt 2021	Est. copies ≈ 389k–632k 6.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before the cut	$9.99	16k reviews Very Positive	SimulationRPG
Scrutinized 2020	Est. copies ≈ 34k–56k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $95k–$254k after Steam's cut $172k–$391k before the cut	$9.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Horror